Bichette homers and drives in three, Bassitt pitches 7 innings as Blue Jays rout White Sox 9-2

TORONTO — Bo Bichette homered and had 3 RBI, Daulton Varsho reached base three times and drove in a pair, and the Toronto Blue Jays used a 7-run second inning to beat the White Sox 9-2 on Wednesday night.

By taking two of three from Chicago, the Blue Jays won a series for the first time since taking two of three at San Diego from April 19-21.

Chris Bassitt (4-6) allowed five hits in a season-high seven innings to win for the second time in three starts. Bassitt walked two and struck out four.

Blue Jays left-hander Génesis Cabrera gave up two runs in the eighth and righty Nate Pearson finished.

Toronto was held to two hits in a 5-0 loss Tuesday but responded with a seven-run, two-out rally in the second inning Wednesday.

Davis Schneider started the scoring with a 2-run single. Varsho followed with a 2-run triple and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. added an RBI single before Bichette homered to center, his third, against White Sox right-hander Nick Nastrini.

Bichette's 2-run shot was the first by a Blue Jays cleanup hitter this season. According to MLB, Toronto had the longest drought to begin a season since the 1997 Astros went 60 games without a homer from a cleanup hitter.

The Blue Jays are 17-2 when they score five or more.

Tommy Pham hit a solo home run, his third, and Paul DeJong added a sacrifice fly, but Chicago wrapped up its road trip at 1-5. The White Sox are 5-21 away from home.

Nastrini (0-3) was recalled from Triple-A Charlotte to start against the Blue Jays. He allowed nine runs and seven hits in 3 1/3 innings. Nastrini walked six and struck out none.